#55C4E9#55C4E9

#55C4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.113 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4E9
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(195, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -20.60, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 34.56, 233.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0823 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.113 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1883, 47.2903, 84.1904)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4E9 #E97A55

analogous

#55E9C4 #55C4E9 #557AE9

triadic

#55C4E9 #E955C4 #C4E955

tetradic

#55C4E9 #C455E9 #E97A55 #7AE955

square

#55C4E9 #C455E9 #E97A55 #7AE955

split-complementary

#55C4E9 #E9557A #E9C455

monochromatic

#1687AD #1FB1E2 #55C4E9 #8BD7F0 #C1EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#55C4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#55C4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4E9

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4E9	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.113 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f0',
    500: '#55c4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4e9;
$custom-light: #93d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77071,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4E9

secondary

#E8BFB2

accent

#3F0CD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4E9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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